Ignacio Escolar at Puerto del Rosario's A Contracultura festival this Thursday
1. Key points
Ignacio Escolar, founder and editor-in-chief of elDiario.es, takes part in the A Contracultura festival this Thursday 11 June.
The event starts at 7.30 pm at the Casa de la Cultura in Puerto del Rosario.
Escolar will be in conversation with Cadena SER journalist Nicolás Castellano.
The discussion will tackle the profession's challenges in the digital era, from hoaxes to disinformation.
The festival is organised by Puerto del Rosario town council.
2. The news in detail
The A Contracultura festival, organised by Puerto del Rosario town council, welcomes one of the most influential names in contemporary Spanish journalism this Thursday 11 June. Ignacio Escolar, founder and editor-in-chief of elDiario.es, takes to the stage of the Casa de la Cultura at 7.30 pm for an open conversation with Cadena SER journalist Nicolás Castellano.
Together they will trace the evolution of the trade and lay out the challenges the profession faces in an era shaped by the digital world and the fight against hoaxes and disinformation.
Before founding elDiario.es, Escolar was the founder and first editor of the newspaper Público, from 2007 to 2009, and later a columnist for the title until its print edition closed. He had previously worked as deputy editor of La Voz de Almería and coordinator of the Informativos Telecinco website.
A prolific author, his books include «La Nación inventada» (2010) and «El justiciero cruel» (2012), both written with his father, Arsenio Escolar, the collection «La crisis en cien apuntes» (2012), «El Rescate» (2013) with economist Emilio Ontiveros, and «El secuestro de la justicia» (2018) with judge Joaquim Bosch. He also co-wrote the collective essays «Reacciona», «Actúa» and «Reaccionados» alongside José Luis Sampedro, Baltasar Garzón, Federico Mayor Zaragoza and Rosa María Artal, among others.
In 2015 he received Italy's Ischia prize as international journalist of the year, and in 2018 he was awarded the Gabriel García Márquez Prize for Excellence in Journalism, one of the most prestigious awards in Spanish-language journalism, presented by the Gabo Foundation created by the Colombian Nobel laureate.
3. Voices and statements
“Together they will take a journey through journalism and set out the challenges the profession faces in an era marked by the digital universe and the fight against hoaxes and disinformation,” reads the statement from Puerto del Rosario town council.
4. When, where and how to attend
The event takes place on Thursday 11 June 2026 at 7.30 pm at the Casa de la Cultura in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura's capital. It is part of the A Contracultura festival programme, the cultural season promoted by the town council that brings leading voices from Spain's journalistic and cultural scene to the island.
5. What it means for Fuerteventura
For Fuerteventura, hosting figures such as Ignacio Escolar brings the national debate on information and disinformation straight to the island's capital, strengthening Puerto del Rosario's role as the Majorero cultural hub. It is a rare chance for local audiences to engage with leading figures of Spanish journalism.
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